Givaudan announces changes to its Board of Directors at the AGM 2025

The Board of Directors (the Board) has nominated Ms Melanie Maas-Brunner and Mr Louie D’Amico for election as new members at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March 2025. Mr Olivier Filliol will not stand for re-election and will therefore retire from the Board of Directors after completion of the Annual General Meeting 2025.

  
The Board of Directors proposes to elect Ms Melanie Maas-Brunner as an independent member of the Board of Directors for a term of office ending after completion of the next Annual General Meeting.

Melanie Maas-Brunner started her career in 1997 at BASF, a Germany based multinational chemical company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, initially as research scientist in Ludwigshafen and starting from 2001 as Plant Manager Business Unit Plasticizers and Solvents. Subsequently, she held various management positions at BASF, including in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2012. From February 2021 to January 2024, she was Chief Technology Officer and member of the Executive Board of BASF.
Since April 2024, Melanie Maas-Brunner serves as non-executive director on the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Oyj and of Azelis Group NV. UPM-Kymmene is a Finnish forest industry company listed on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki stock exchange. Azelis Group is a Belgium-based distributor of food ingredients and specialty chemicals listed on Euronext Brussels. 

Melanie Maas-Brunner holds a Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany. She is a German national, born in 1968.

The Board of Directors proposes to elect Mr Louie D’Amico as an non-independent member of the Board of Directors with effect as of 1 October 2025 for a term of office ending after completion of the next Annual General Meeting.

Louie D’Amico started his career as a key account manager with Tastemaker in 1989, later acquired by Givaudan. He held various senior leadership roles, including as of 1997 Head of the North America Sweet Goods business unit and later the North America Savoury business, Head of International Key Account Management from 2003 and then Head of the Global Beverage business unit, and Commercial Head of EAME from 2006. In 2010, Louie D’Amico relocated back to the USA as Head of Flavours Americas. Effective 1 April 2018, he was appointed President of Taste & Wellbeing and a member of the Executive Committee, from which role he will retire as per end of March 2025 but remain available to provide management advice and support on strategic projects during a transitional period until the end of September 2025.

Louie D’Amico holds a BSc in chemistry from the Michigan State University, USA. He is a US national, born in 1961.